KUWAIT VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,684	3	599	+ 2,084
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,308	6	242	+ 2,066
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,918	1	2,325	- 406
Violence	4	1,650	23	75	+ 1,575
Prostate Cancer	5	982	26	58	+ 924
Kidney Disease	6	881	8	204	+ 677
HIV/AIDS	7	842	48	7	+ 835
Hypertension	8	723	5	256	+ 467
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	653	14	139	+ 513
Lung Cancers	10	525	12	161	+ 364
Lung Disease	11	502	21	84	+ 418
Road Traffic Accidents	12	494	2	649	- 156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	485	10	198	+ 287
Breast Cancer	14	459	7	230	+ 229
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	437	4	340	+ 97
Cervical Cancer	16	398	33	32	+ 366
Lymphomas	17	279	15	132	+ 147
Low Birth Weight	18	267	13	158	+ 110
Stomach Cancer	19	256	25	72	+ 185
Endocrine Disorders	20	196	28	44	+ 152
Liver Disease	21	172	11	192	- 20
Skin Disease	22	162	53	4	+ 158
Congenital Anomalies	23	154	9	202	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	24	148	31	36	+ 112
Parkinson's Disease	25	147	36	29	+ 119
Leukemia	26	143	17	123	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	27	132	20	89	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	28	118	35	31	+ 87
Liver Cancer	29	112	16	129	- 17
Ovary Cancer	30	108	29	41	+ 66
Other Injuries	31	101	22	83	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	92	43	14	+ 78
Falls	33	91	19	102	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	34	82	32	35	+ 47
Suicide	35	78	18	122	- 44
Asthma	36	73	40	21	+ 51
Birth Trauma	37	72	47	7	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	38	66	27	52	+ 14
Oral Cancer	39	65	24	74	- 9
Malnutrition	40	53	60	0	+ 53
Epilepsy	41	51	39	22	+ 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	38	49	6	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	43	38	54	4	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	30	46	8	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	45	21	51	4	+ 16
Fires	46	17	38	28	- 10
Meningitis	47	17	45	9	+ 8
Drug Use	48	15	30	38	- 24
Encephalitis	49	14	52	4	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	13	56	1	+ 12
Drownings	51	11	41	19	- 8
Skin Cancers	52	11	37	28	- 17
Appendicitis	53	10	55	1	+ 9
Tuberculosis	54	9	34	31	- 22
Alcohol	55	8	44	12	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	50	5	- 1
Poisonings	57	3	42	16	- 14
Dengue	58	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	58	1	+ 0
Syphilis	60	1	64	0	+ 1
War	61	1	57	1	- 0
Chlamydia	62	0	65	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	59	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	61	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Jamaica

Kuwait

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.